Notes

"The English Renaissance lasted from about 1580 to 1626, and
produced some of the world's most outstanding literature. At the
core of this output was Sir Francis Bacon, a prodigious writer
and philosopher. By opening the rational world to the creative
mind, Bacon set the foundations upon which modern society has
been built. In his major work, The Advancement of Learning,
Bacon proposed the Novum Organum, a "new tool" for the rational
mind: inductive reasoning. Better-known today as the scientific
method, inductive reasoning replaced the syllogistic simplicity
of Aristotelian deductive reasoning with the creative act of
hypothesis and experiment. Consider Bacon's statement:
"If a man will begin with certainties,
he will end in doubts;
but if he will be content to begin with doubts,
he will end in certainties.""

"This presentation reviews the life and works of Francis Bacon
through five galleries of images while introducing Bacon's
writings, philosophy, and political yearnings. The final gallery
contains a potentially explosive revelation -- that Sir Francis
Bacon may have been the unacknowledged son of Queen Elizabeth."

Francis Bacon's life and the most compelling evidence regarding
his authorship of the Shakespeare plays.
http://www.sirbacon.org/slides_html/index.htm

Notes

Bio: BOTTS, John Minor, a Representative from Virginia; born in
Dumfries, Va., September 16, 1802; attended the common schools
in Richmond, Va.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1830
and commenced practice in Richmond, Va.; moved to Henrico County
and engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house
of delegates 1833-1839; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth
and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1842 to the
Twenty-eighth Congress; elected to the Thirtieth Congress (March
4, 1847-March 3, 1849); chairman, Committee on Military Affairs
(Thirtieth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1848 and 1850 to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses,
respectively; member, State constitutional convention,
1850-1851; resumed the practice of law in Richmond, Va., in
1852;

delegate to the Southern Loyalists’ Convention in 1866; died in
Richmond, Va., January 8, 1869; interment in Shockoe Hill
Cemetery. Bibliography DAB.
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Botts, John Minor (1802-1869) Born in Virginia, 1802. Member of
Virginia state legislature; U.S. Representative from Virginia,
1839-43, 1847-49 (2nd District 1839-41, 11th District 1841-43,
6th District 1847-49). Died in 1869. Interment at Shockoe
Cemetery, Richmond, Va. See also: congressional biography.

CONFEDERATE TRAITORS? In a very strong letter to the Richmond
Examiner just prior to December 8, 1863, John Minor Botts argued
that he had done nothing traitorous in regards to his country.
Rather he said that he wants "a Government that has the will and
power to protect my person and my property against all abuses;
and that I would prefer living as I did before the war, to
living as I have done since the war, is beyond all question, and
I would be a madman or a fool if I were to pretend otherwise."
Botts was further quoted as stating: "You complain of the
treatment of Mr. Vallandigham has received at the hands of his
government. He made many violent speeches, in which he took
active and strong grounds against his Government; for this he
was sent amongst his friends, as they supposed. But I have done
nothing, taken no part, but maintained firmly and consistently,
as I shall continue to do, my own private opinions, and the
conviction of my best judgment, which has not been controlled by
any considerations of selfishness, ambition, or fear."

Member of Virginia State Legislature 1833-1839. U. S.
Representative from Virginia 1839-1849. He was a political enemy
of President John Tyler and a close friend of Henry Clay. He
opposed secession.

He was involved in dealings with Lincoln to prevent the War up
to the night before Lincoln's ships sailed to "resupply" Fort
Sumter which provoked the War.

First day of March 1862 Habeas Corpus suspended in Virginia and
marshall law effected. A hundred men under Captain Goodwyn,
under General Winder (Andersonville), take John Minor Botts
prisoner in solitary confinement in a small jail nearby.

"Auburn," located in Culpeper County, Virginia was deceded to
John Minor Botts on December 10, 1862 as payment for legal
council by Franklin Stearns.

John Minor was under confederate house arrest at "
Auburn" in virginia during the War. Auburn was the site where
Stuart and 2,000 CSA Calvery narrowly avoided capture. Auburn is
close to the Culpeper Court House.

John Minor was the author of "The Great Rebellion, Its Secret
History, Rise, Progress and Disatrous Failure." 1866